# List of The Muppets productions

This is a list of productions based on The Muppets characters and franchise, including films, television series and specials, and other media. The franchise's main work is The Muppet Show, a syndicated television series which ran from 1976 to 1981. The franchise includes eight feature films, and other television series.

## Films

| Role | The Muppet Movie (1979) | The Great Muppet Caper (1981) | The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) | The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) | Muppet Treasure Island (1996) | Muppets from Space (1999) | The Muppets (2011) | Muppets Most Wanted (2014) |
| Director | James Frawley | Jim Henson | Frank Oz | Brian Henson | Brian Henson | Tim Hill | James Bobin | James Bobin |
| Producer(s) | Jim Henson | David Lazer and Frank Oz | David Lazer | Brian Henson and Martin G. Baker | Brian Henson and Martin G. Baker | Brian Henson and Martin G. Baker | David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman | David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman |
| Writer(s) | Jerry Juhl & Jack Burns | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses and Jerry Juhl & Jack Rose | Frank Oz and Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | Jerry Juhl | Jerry Juhl & Kirk R. Thatcher and James V. Hart | Jerry Juhl and Joseph Mazzarino and Ken Kaufman | Jason Segel & Nicholas Stoller | James Bobin & Nicholas Stoller |
| Composer(s) | Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher | Joe Raposo | Ralph Burns | Miles Goodman | Hans Zimmer | Jamshied Sharifi | Christophe Beck | Christophe Beck |
| Production companies | ITC Films Henson Associates | ITC Films Henson Associates | Henson Associates | Walt Disney Pictures Jim Henson Productions | Walt Disney Pictures Jim Henson Productions | Columbia Pictures Jim Henson Pictures | Walt Disney Pictures Mandeville Films | Walt Disney Pictures Mandeville Films |
| Distribution | Associated Film Distribution | Universal Pictures Associated Film Distribution | TriStar Pictures | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | Sony Pictures Releasing | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| Running time | 95 minutes | 98 minutes | 94 minutes | 86 minutes | 99 minutes | 88 minutes | 103 minutes | 107 minutes |
| Release date | June 22, 1979 | June 26, 1981 | July 13, 1984 | December 11, 1992 | February 16, 1996 | July 14, 1999 | November 23, 2011 | March 21, 2014 |
| Box office $458,718,791 | $65,810,475 | $31,206,251 | $25,534,703 | $27,330,071 | $34,327,391 | $22,323,612 | $171,802,998 | $80,383,290 |
| Rotten Tomatoes | 89% | 75% | 84% | 75% | 71% | 63% | 95% | 80% |

## Television
### Series

| Title | Premiere date | End date | Network |
| Sam and Friends | May 9, 1955 | December 15, 1961 | NBC (WRC-TV) |
| The Muppet Show | September 5, 1976 | May 23, 1981 | ITV/Syndication |
| Muppet Babies | September 15, 1984 | December 29, 1990 or November 2, 1991 | CBS |
| Little Muppet Monsters | September 14, 1985 | September 28, 1985 | CBS |
| The Jim Henson Hour | April 14, 1989 | July 30, 1989 | NBC |
| Dog City | September 26, 1992 | November 26, 1994 | Fox Kids |
| Muppets Tonight | March 8, 1996 | February 8, 1998 | ABC / Disney Channel |
| Muppets TV | October 29, 2006 | December 31, 2006 | TF1 |
| Muppet Moments | April 3, 2015 | November 28, 2015 | Disney Junior / Disney Channel |
| The Muppets | September 22, 2015 | March 1, 2016 | ABC |
| Muppet Babies | March 23, 2018 | February 18, 2022 | Disney Junior |
| Muppets Now | July 31, 2020 | September 4, 2020 | Disney+ |
| The Muppets Mayhem | May 10, 2023 | May 10, 2023 | | Disney+ |

### Television films

| Title | Release date | Director | Producer(s) | Distributor |
| Kermit's Swamp Years | August 18, 2002 | David Gumpel | Jim Lewis and Joseph Mazzarino | Sony Pictures Television |
| It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | November 29, 2002 | Kirk R. Thatcher | Martin G. Baker and Warren Carr | NBCUniversal Television Distribution MGM Worldwide Television Group and Digital Distribution |
| The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | May 20, 2005 | Kirk R. Thatcher | Bill Barretta | Buena Vista Television |

### Television specials

| Title | Release date | Network |
| Hey, Cinderella! | March 16, 1969 | ABC, CBC |
| The Muppets on Puppets | January 5, 1970 | WNET |
| The Great Santa Claus Switch | December 20, 1970 | CBS |
| The Frog Prince | May 12, 1971 | Syndicated |
| The Muppet Musicians of Bremen | April 26, 1972 | Syndicated |
| The Muppets Valentine Show | January 30, 1974 | ABC |
| The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence | March 19, 1975 | ABC |
| Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas | December 4, 1977 | CBC |
| The Muppets Go Hollywood | May 16, 1979 | CBS |
| John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together | December 5, 1979 | ABC |
| The Muppets Go to the Movies | May 20, 1981 | ABC |
| Of Muppets and Men | October 31, 1981 | CBS |
| The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show | September 17, 1982 | ABC |
| Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets | May 12, 1983 | ABC |
| The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | January 21, 1986 | CBS |
| The Tale of the Bunny Picnic | March 26, 1986 | HBO |
| The Christmas Toy | December 6, 1986 | ABC |
| A Muppet Family Christmas | December 16, 1987 | ABC |
| Disneyland's 35th Anniversary | February 6, 1990 | NBC |
| The Muppets at Walt Disney World | May 6, 1990 | NBC |
| The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | November 21, 1990 | CBS |
| Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | December 6, 1995 | CBS |
| Studio DC: Almost Live hosted by Dylan and Cole Sprouse | August 3, 2008 | Disney Channel |
| Studio DC: Almost Live hosted by Selena Gomez | October 5, 2008 | Disney Channel |
| A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | December 17, 2008 | NBC |
| Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular | November 28, 2013 | ABC |
| Muppets Haunted Mansion | October 8, 2021 | Disney+ |

### Other appearances

* The Mike Douglas Show
* Today
* Good Morning America
* The Ed Sullivan Show
* Saturday Night Live
* 60 Minutes
* The Tonight Show
* Jimmy Kimmel Live!
* Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
* Dancing with the Stars
* The Daily Show
* America's Funniest Home Videos
* Larry King Live
* Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
* The Colbert Report
* 30 Rock
* WWE Raw
* WWE Tribute to the Troops
* The Voice
* Holey Moley
* The Masked Singer (US)
* MasterChef Junior
* The One Show
* The Ellen DeGeneres Show
* The X Factor
* Comic Relief
* So Random!
* Good Luck Charlie
* Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
* Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
* The View
* America's Got Talent
* Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
* The Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60
* The Late Late Show with James Corden
* Carpool Karaoke: The Series
* Monday Night Football
* Coronation Concert

### Direct to Video releases

| Title | Release date | Director | Distributor |
| Muppet Sing Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs | May 21, 1993 | David Gumpel | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green | February 18, 1994 | David Gumpel | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Muppet Classic Theater | September 27, 1994 | David Grossman | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppets On Wheels | June 16, 1995 | David Gumpel | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Yes, I Can Learn featuring the Muppet Babies | June 16, 1995 | David Gumpel | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Yes, I Can Help featuring the Muppet Babies | June 16, 1995 | David Gumpel | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Yes, I Can Be a Friend featuring the Muppet Babies | August 11, 1995 | David Gumpel | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppet Treasure Island | February 14, 1996 | David Gumpel | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Muppet Sing Alongs: Things That Fly | February 14, 1996 | David Gumpel | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Kermit's Swamp Years | August 18, 2002 | David Gumpel | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |

## Web series

| Title | Premiere date | End date |
| Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony | June 26, 2005 | September 20, 2006 |
| The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora | September 13, 2010 | December 17, 2010 |

## Video games

A number of video games featuring the Muppets have been produced since the 1990s.
* Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival (1990)
* Muppets Inside (1996)
* Muppet RaceMania (2000)
* Muppet Monster Adventure (2000)
* Spy Muppets: License to Croak (2003)
* Muppets Party Cruise (2003)
* My Muppets Show(2013)
* The Muppets Movie Adventures (2014)